The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings

• Author : Peter Sawyer
• Publisher : Oxford Illustrated History
• Release Date : 2001
• Total pages : 298
• ISBN : 9780192854346

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Summary : Covers the different geographical areas of the Viking world, and traces the Viking story from the first raids on isolated coastal communities toward the end of the eighth century to the establishing of permanent settlements...

• Author : W. B. Bartlett
• Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
• Release Date : 2019-11-15
• Total pages : 432
• ISBN : 9780192854346

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Summary : A comprehensive new history of the infamous Vikings. Those men and women raided and traded their way into history whilst at the same time helping to build new nations in Scandinavia and beyond....

• Author : Graeme Davis
• Publisher : Birlinn
• Release Date : 2011-05-23
• Total pages : 232
• ISBN : 9780192854346

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Summary : The first book to tackle the subject in forty years, the true extent of the Viking discovery and colonisation of the eastern seaboard of America is fully examined, taking into account the new archaeological, linguistic and DNA evidence which supplements the historic account. When Columbus claimed to have discovered America ...

• Author : Magnus Magnusson
• Publisher : The History Press
• Release Date : 2016-10-06
• Total pages : 320
• ISBN : 9780192854346

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Summary : The Vikings hold a particular place in the history of the West, both symbolically and in the significant impact they had on Northern Europe. Magnus Magnusson's indispensable study of this great period presents a rounded and fascinating picture of a people who, in modern eyes, would seem to embody striking ...

• Author : Simon Coupland
• Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
• Release Date : 2007
• Total pages : 336
• ISBN : 9780192854346

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Summary : This volume brings together for the first time Simon Coupland's series of significant articles on Carolingian coinage. The author draws out the economic and political implications of coin types and coin hoards from the reign of Charlemagne to the Edict of Pîtres in 864. This numismatic survey is complemented by ...

• Author : Hourly History
• Publisher : Hourly History
• Release Date : 2016-04-11
• Total pages : 40
• ISBN : 9780192854346

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Summary : The saga of the Vikings rises and falls on the banks of history, ebbing and flowing with popular opinion and whimsical anecdotes. The Vikings are routinely typecast and labeled anywhere from bloodthirsty tyrants to valiant heroes. They have been condemned as pirates and praised as explorers. We have all heard ...

• Author : Martin J Dougherty
• Publisher : Amber Books Ltd
• Release Date : 2014-02-01
• Total pages : 256
• ISBN : 9780192854346

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Summary : “From the fury of the Northmen, good Lord deliver us.” – Anonymous monk, Noirmoutier, France, 9th century AD Beginning in 789AD, the Vikings raided monasteries, sacked cities and invaded western Europe. They looted and enslaved their enemies. But that is only part of their story. In long boats they discovered Iceland ...

• Author : Elsebeth Lavold
• Publisher : Trafalgar Square Books
• Release Date : 2021-10-30
• Total pages : 212
• ISBN : 9780192854346

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Summary : Traditional knot and interlace patterns, combined to form uniquely striking contemporary designs. Ever since her ground-breaking book Viking Patterns for Knitting was published, Elsebeth Lavold has been recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on cabling. It was within the pages of her international bestseller—described as “an ...

• Author : P.H. Sawyer
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release Date : 2013-04-15
• Total pages : 192
• ISBN : 9780192854346

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Summary : Professor Sawyer offers some new interpretations of the development of Scandinavian society and history of the Christian conversion....

• Author : Martyn Whittock,Hannah Whittock
• Publisher : Lion Books
• Release Date : 2018-03-16
• Total pages : 288
• ISBN : 9780192854346

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Summary : The popular image of the Vikings is of tall red-headed men, raping and pillaging their way around the coast of Europe, stopping only to ransack monasteries and burn longships. But the violent Vikings of the 8th century became the pious Christians of the 11th century, who gave gold crosses to ...

• Author : Emmanuelle de Maupassant
• Publisher : Emmanuelle de Maupassant
• Release Date : 2021-05-28
• Total pages : 292
• ISBN : 9780192854346

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Summary : A woman enslaved. A battle of passion and loss in a dark and dangerous world. Three rivals seek to possess Elswyth. To take her liberty. To make her their pawn. Caught in a storm of jealousy and passion, her life hangs in the balance. Just as she believes herself safe, ...

• Author : David James Smith
• Publisher : Lulu.com
• Release Date : 2017-09-13
• Total pages : 314
• ISBN : 9780192854346

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Summary : A story of Heathen Vikings enabling Cinaed (or Kenneth) MacAlpin take over Christian Scotland. Cattan, warrior priest and Chief of the Clan Chattan, converted the ambitious, Kenneth of Dal Riada and became his personal advisor. Follow James who became the caretaker Chief, forming alliances against the greater threat of raiding ...

• Author : Kim Hjardar,Vegard Vike
• Publisher : Casemate Publishers
• Release Date : 2016-11-22
• Total pages : 400
• ISBN : 9780192854346

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Summary : An illustrated guide to Viking warfare from strategy and weapons to culture and tradition: “a very excellent introduction to the Viking age as a whole” (Justin Pollard, historical consultant for the Amazon television series Vikings). From the time when sailing was first introduced to Scandinavia, Vikings reached virtually every corner ...

• Author : Paul Belloni Du Chaillu
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 1890
• Total pages : 562
• ISBN : 9780192854346

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Summary : Download or read online The Viking Age written by Paul Belloni Du Chaillu, published by which was released on 1890. Get The Viking Age Books now! Available in PDF, ePub and Kindle....

• Author : Martin J. Dougherty
• Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
• Release Date : 2016-07-15
• Total pages : 224
• ISBN : 9780192854346

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Summary : Beginning in 789AD, the Vikings raided monasteries, sacked cities and invaded western Europe. They looted and enslaved their enemies. But that is only part of their story. In long boats they discovered Iceland and America (both by accident) and also sailed up the Seine to Paris (which they sacked). They ...